King Wu of Chu

King Wu of Chu

Xiong Tong, king of Chu? In 690 BC, the state of Chu was born in Danyang (now Yichang, Hubei Province), surnamed MI, surnamed Xiong, named Tong, the grandson of Chu Ruo Ao, the second son of Chu Xiao Ao, the younger brother of Chu Li Wang (Chu juanmao), and the king of Chu in the spring and Autumn period. He was in power from 740 BC to 690 BC for 50 years.

In 741 BC, King li of Chu died. King Wu of Chu killed his brother, the son of King li of Chu, and made himself king. After King Wu of Chu succeeded to the throne, he pursued the iron hand policy and was bold and courageous, leaving the state of Chu with a clear and peaceful Jianghan Plain and a set of national machinery that had begun to take shape.

In 690 BC, King Wu of Chu died, and his son Xiong Qian succeeded him as King Wen of Chu.

Life of the characters

Seize the throne and destroy the power

In the sixth year of Chu xiao'ao (the eleventh year of Lu Huigong, 758 BC), Xiong Tong's father Chu xiao'ao passed away. Xiong Tong's elder brother Xiong Xuan succeeded to the throne and became king li of Chu.

In 741 BC, Lijun, the son of the king of Chu, died.

After succeeding to the throne, King Wu of Chu married the state of Deng (now Xiangfan, Hubei Province) and married a woman of the state of Deng as his wife. Less than three years after he succeeded to the throne, King Wu of Chu sent his troops across the Han Dynasty and made an expedition to Nanyang basin to attack the important town of the Zhou Dynasty in the north of the Han Dynasty. So King Wu of Chu turned to attack the west of Jianghan Plain and destroyed the state of power (now Dangyang County, Hubei Province). The territory of the state is not wide, but its national strength is not weak. The state of Chu, from xiongqu to chuxiaoao, failed to destroy it, but King Wu of Chu realized the long cherished wish of his ancestors and destroyed the state.

After King Wu of Chu destroyed Quan state, Quan county was set up in the former place of Quan state, and Dou Luo was appointed as Quan Yin (the officer of Quan county). Later, Douluo occupied Quan county and rebelled against the state of Chu. King Wu of Chu sent troops to surround Quan county and kill Douluo. Then he moved the people of Quan county to that place (now Shayang County in Hubei Province) and sent Yan Ao to govern that place.

Crossing the Han Dynasty

In the 31st year of King Wu of Chu (the 2nd year of Duke Huan of Lu, 710 BC), CAI and Zheng met in dengdi. At that time, although CAI and Zheng were far away from Chu, they began to fear Chu because of the expansion of Chu's power.

In the 35th year of King Wu of Chu (the sixth year of Duke Huan of Lu, 706 BC), King Wu of Chu invaded suiguo. He first sent Zhuozhang to seek peace and stationed his army in the flawed area to wait for the result. With the Chinese people, Shaoshi was sent to preside over the peace talks. Doubobi said to King Wu of Chu, "our country can't achieve its goal in the east of the Han River. It's our own creation. We have expanded our armed forces, reorganized our equipment, and forced other countries with force. They are afraid that they will come together to deal with us, so it is difficult to alienate us. Among the countries to the east of the Han River, suiguo is the largest. If a country is arrogant, it will abandon a small country. The centrifugation of small countries is beneficial to Chu. The young division is very proud. Please hide the elite of our army and let him see the weak soldiers, so as to encourage his pride. " Bear rate and than said: "with Ji Liang, what is the advantage of doing so?" "It's for the future, because Shaoshi can get the trust of their monarch," doober said King Wu of Chu deliberately exhausted his army to receive the young division.

After the Shao division went back, he asked to chase the Chu army. The prince of Chu did not dare to attack, but forced him to threaten the emperor of Zhou for the state of Chu. The king of Chu said, "we are barbarians. Now the princes of the Central Plains betray the emperor and attack each other. I also have an unworthy team. I want to participate in the political affairs of the Central Plains and ask the Zhou royal family to honor my name. " In fear of Chu's military power, he sent envoys to the emperor of Zhou, asking for the title of Chu's monarch. However, the emperor of Zhou did not agree.

In the 37th year of King Wu of Chu (the 8th year of Duke Huan of Lu, 704 BC), the Marquis informed the state of Chu that the emperor of Zhou refused to raise the name of King Chu. King Wu of Chu was furious and said, "my ancestor, ZhuXiong, was the teacher of King Wen of Zhou, and died very early. King Cheng of Zhou raised my grandfather, but he only granted him the land of his son Baron and let him live in Chu. The barbarians were obedient to the state of Chu. If the royal family of Zhou did not promote the title of Chu, I had to call myself honorary. " So he immediately called himself king, and called himself "King Wu of Chu". King Wu of Chu became king, which was the first time for the princes to become king. At that time, the royal family of Zhou declined and had nothing to do with the state of Chu.

Handong overlord

In the spring of the 37th year of King Wu of Chu (the 8th year of Duke Huan of Lu, 704 BC), dou bobi was favored by the Marquis because of his lack of teachers, so he said to King Wu of Chu, "now we can attack the kingdom of Sui. There are cracks in the Kingdom, and we can't lose the chance." In the summer of the same year, King Wu of Chu joined the armies of the princes in shenlu (east of Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province). Only Huang and Sui did not attend the meeting. King Wu of Chu first sent Zhuozhang to blame the state of Huang, and then led his troops to attack suiguo. His troops were stationed between the Han River and the Huai River. Ji liang of suiguo advised suihou to surrender to the Chu army, saying, "wait until they refuse, then fight. In this way, our army will be enraged and the enemy will be slack." Shaoshi said to suihou, "we must fight quickly. Otherwise, we will lose the chance to defeat the Chu army." He led the army to resist the Chu army. Looking far away at the army of Chu, Ji Liang said: "the people of Chu respect the left. The king of Chu must be in the left army. Don't fight head-on with the king of Chu. Let's attack his right army. Without a good commander, the right army is bound to fail. Once their partial army is defeated, the masses will be separated. " Shaoshi said, "if we don't fight head-on with the king of Chu, it means that we can't be equal to him." Suihou didn't listen to Ji Liang. In Su Qi's battle with the Chu army, the Chu army was defeated. When suihou fled, doudan captured suihou's chariot and cheyoushao division. In the autumn of the same year, suiguo wanted to make peace with Chu. King Wu of Chu did not agree. "Heaven has eradicated the little division they hate, but it's impossible for our country to overcome it," doober said So he asked suihou to sign a treaty with suiguo and return home after he expressed his willingness to repent. From then on, suiguo did not dare to offend Chu again.

In the spring of the 38th year of King Wu of Chu (the 9th year of Duke Huan of Lu, 703 BC), Ba sent Hanfu to report to Chu, asking for friendship with Deng. King Wu of Chu sent Dao Shuo to lead the envoys of Ba state to visit Deng state. The local people on the southern border of Deng Kingdom attacked them, plundered the wealth and rites, and killed the messengers of daoshuo and ba. King Wu of Chu sent Juzhang to blame the state of Deng, but the people of Deng refused to accept it. In the summer of the same year, the state of Chu sent Dou lian to lead the Chu army and the Ba army to encircle the land. Deng's nephew led Deng's army to rescue the land. Deng Jun launched three charges against the Ba army, but he could not win. Dou Lian led his troops in a horizontal array among the Ba troops. When they were at war with Deng Jun, they pretended to be defeated and fled. Deng Jun chased Chu Jun, and Ba Jun was behind them. The Chu and Ba armies attacked Deng army, and Deng army was defeated. The local people broke up after dusk.

In the 40th year of King Wu of Chu (the 11th year of Duke Huan of Lu, 701 BC), Qu Xia, Mo Ao (official name) of Chu, planned to form an alliance with ER and Hu. Yun people's army was stationed in pusao, ready to attack Chu army with Suizhou, Jiaozhou and liaozhou. Mo Ao is worried about it. Dou Lian said: "the troops of Yun state are stationed in their suburbs. They must lack vigilance and look forward to the arrival of the troops of the four countries every day. You are stationed in Jiaoying to resist these four countries. We attack Yun country with elite troops at night. The state of Yun looked forward to the army of the four countries, and depended on the strength of the city. No one had the will to fight any more. If the Yun army is defeated, the four countries will certainly be separated. " Mo Ao said, "why not ask the king for more troops?" Dou Lian replied: "the victory of the army lies in unity, not in the number of people. As you know, the Shang Dynasty could not defeat the Zhou Dynasty. What more troops should be added to reorganize the army and dispatch troops? " Mo Ao said, "divination?" Doulian replied: "divination is to make a decision to doubt, there is no doubt, why divination?" So he defeated the Yun army in pusao, and finally made an alliance with ER and Hu to return home.

In the 41st year of King Wu of Chu (the 12th year of Duke Huan of Lu, 7, 00 BC), King Wu of Chu sent troops to attack jiaoguo, and the troops were stationed in Nanmen. Qu Xia said: "the country is small and the people are frivolous. Frivolity means lack of ideas. Please don't set up a guard for those who cut firewood, and use it to lure them. " King Wu of Chu obeyed Qu Xia's advice. The garrison captured 30 firewood cutters. The next day, the garrison scrambled to get out of the city and drove the firewood cutters to the mountains. The Chu army was waiting at the north gate. At the same time, they set up ambushes at the foot of the mountain. They defeated the garrison and forced the garrison to make an alliance under the city and return home. In the campaign of attacking jiaoguo, Chu army divided troops to cross Pengshui. Luo prepared to attack the Chu army, and sent Bojia to detect the number of Chu army three times.

In the spring of the 42nd year of King Wu of Chu (the 13th year of Duke Huan of Lu, 699 BC), King Wu of Chu sent Qu Xia and his army to attack Luo state, and Dou bobi saw him off. When he came back, he said to his emperor, "Qu Xia must have failed. Walking with his feet high shows that he is unstable So he went to King Wu of Chu and said, "we must send more troops!" King Wu of Chu refused him and went back to the palace to tell his wife, Deng man. Dunman said: "the meaning of doctor doubobi is not in the number of people, but that the king should pacify the people with honesty, admonish officials with morality and justice, and make Qu Xia afraid with criminal law. Qu Xia has been satisfied with the success of this battle. He will be self righteous and despise Luo. If the king does not control, is not equal to no prevention! As dobby said, please ask the king to admonish the people and appease the inspectors, summon the officials and encourage them with virtue, and tell him that God will not forgive his faults when he sees Qu's flaws. Don't you know that all the Chu troops have set out? " King Wu of Chu sent Lai people to catch up with Qu Xia, but they didn't catch up. Qu Xia sent people to announce in the Army: "those who dare to remonstrate will be punished!" After arriving at Yanshui, the Chu army crossed the river

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